EUREKA Math 7 Module 2 Vocabulary

What is the sum?

• The answer to an addition problem

• The answer to a subtraction problem

• The answer to a multiplication problem

• The answer to a division problem

Answer explanation

Example: 9 is the sum of 2, 4 and 3

(because 2 + 4 + 3 = 9).

Tags

CCSS.6.EE.A.1

What is the quotient?

• The answer to an addition problem

• The answer to a subtraction problem

• The answer to a multiplication problem

• The answer to a division problem

Answer explanation

Example: in 12 ÷ 3 = 4, 4 is the quotient.

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

What is the difference?

• The answer to an addition problem

• The answer to a subtraction problem

• The answer to a multiplication problem

• The answer to a division problem

Answer explanation

Example: The difference between 8 and 3 is 5.

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.D.8

What is the product?

• The answer to an addition problem

• The answer to a subtraction problem

• The answer to a multiplication problem

• The answer to a division problem

Answer explanation

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.1

What are addends?

• Any of the numbers that are added together.

• The number that is to be subtracted. The second number in a subtraction problem.

Answer explanation

Example: In 8 + 3 = 11, the 8 and the 3 are addends.

What is a subtrahend?

• The number that is to be subtracted. The second number in a subtraction.

• Any of the numbers that are added together.

Answer explanation

Example: in 8 - 3, 3 is the subtrahend.

Tags

CCSS.2.NBT.B.5

What is the additive inverse?

• What you add to a number to get zero.

  The negative of a number.

• What you add to a number to get one.

• What you add to a number to get 100

Answer explanation

The additive inverse of −5 is +5, because −5 + 5 = 0

The additive inverse of +5 is −5, because +5 − 5 = 0

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1B

Which is the correct definition of absolute value?

• The distance from one on a number line

• The distance from zero on a number line

Answer explanation

6 is 6 away from zero, so the absolute value of 6 is six.

-6 is 6 away from zero, so the absolute value of -6 is six.

Tags

CCSS.6.NS.C.7C

The Associative Property states...

• When adding and multiplying, it doesn't matter how we group the numbers or which we calculate first.

• When adding and multiplying, we have to calculate using the largest number first.

Answer explanation

Example addition: (6 + 3) + 4 = 6 + (3 + 4)

Example multiplication: (2 × 4) × 3 = 2 × (4 × 3)

Tags

CCSS.7.NS.A.1D

The Commutative Property states that in addition and multiplication,...

• the numbers on which we operate can be moved or swapped from their position without making any difference to the answer.

• the numbers on which we operate cannot be moved or swapped from their position without making any difference to the answer.

Answer explanation

Examples:

You can swap when you add: 6 + 3 = 3 + 6

You can swap when you multiply: 2 × 4 = 4 × 2

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.B.5